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contrabandist

[ kon-truh-ban-dist ]

noun

  1. a person engaged in contraband trade; smuggler.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of contrabandist1

From the Spanish word contrabandista, dating back to 1810–20. See contraband, -ist
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Example Sentences

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But while I sojourned as a country gentleman on the heavenly borders, I met a few contrabandists.

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Favored by their numbers, their perfect acquaintance with the hedge-and-ditch neighborhood, the contrabandists all contrived to escape.

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It is therefore not wonderful to find the country filled with contrabandists, and the towns with dishonest tradesmen.

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They were Spanish contrabandists of the lowest class, and earned a miserable livelihood by smuggling such rubbish from Portugal into Spain. 

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But the contrabandists were occasionally too adroit for him.

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